X-Linked Inheritance. X-Linked Inheritance. Traits that are determined by alleles carried on the X chromosome are referred to as X-linked. X-linked alleles require a specific notation: X c or X + where the â+â represents the dominant allele and the lowercase letter the recessive allele.
Owners of the Swiss cheese plant may wonder about its unusual appearance ( RF Company / Alamy) Swiss cheese plants are climbers that grow in the understorey of tropical American forests and are technically hemiepiphytes. That is, they start off in the ground like any normal plant.
Emmental cheese. Emmental (Emmentaler or Emmenthal) is a yellow, medium-hard Swiss cheese that originated in the area around Emmental, Canton Bern. It has a savory, but mild taste. While the denomination Emmentaler Switzerland is protected, Emmentaler alone is not; similar cheeses of other origins, especially from France and Bavaria and even Finland, are widely available and sold by that name.